The latest collaboration between Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan, Sinners, looks like it’s going to be unlike anything the actor and filmmaker have done together before. The upcoming 2025 movie already had my attention when I heard it was a supernatural thriller but now that more details regarding the story of the upcoming horror movie have come to light, I am absolutely sold. Let’s sink our teeth into all the most pertinent details we know about Sinners so far.
What Is The Sinners Release Date?
As established, Sinners is set to hit theaters in 2025 – specifically on April 18, 2025. It is one of a few highly anticipated thrillers scheduled to come out that month, including the upcoming Blumhouse horror movie, Drop, and the cinematic adaptation of the hit video game, Until Dawn.
What Sinners Is About
Warner Bros’ official logline for Sinners describes the film as the story of troubled twin brothers seeking redemption in their hometown, unaware that they will be met with a great evil upon their arrival. For a while, not much more was known about the plot, save early rumors (via THR) that it was a vampire movie, which was met with some snickering since the film comes from two MCU veterans and would predate Marvel Studios’ upcoming Blade movie, which is currently off the schedule. Well, it turns out the rumors are true.
Before unleashing the second Sinners trailer (more on that soon), Ryan Coogler told the press that vampires are a pivotal element to the story, which sees Jordan’s dual roles and others fighting for their lives against bloodsuckers in the 1930s South, but also described it as “genre fluid.” His cited inspirations for the thriller are surprisingly diverse, including Coen Brothers movies like O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a Robert Rodriguez favorite (not the more obvious From Dusk Til Dawn but the 1998 alien invasion movie, The Faculty), and John Carpenter, whose 1982 classic, The Thing, also loosely inspired The Faculty. Many of the best horror movies attempt to blend more than one together, so this is an exciting update.
The Sinners Trailer Teases A Blood-Soaked, Prohibition-Era Thriller
The second official teaser for Sinners holds very little back when hinting at what sorts of violent and unsettling horrors Ryan Coogler has in store for us. It also teases some soulful tunes, risqué romance, and even a little humor, courtesy of Delory Lindo’s goofy line at the very end. See for yourself by watching the full clip here:
The new trailer, released in January 2025, is far more revealing than the first promo from last September, which did a phenomenal job of establishing the film’s ominous tone and supernatural stakes without revealing any specific details. If Sinners proves to be as intense as either of these trailers, it might be the kind of thriller that follows you home and stays in your mind long after you see it.
Michael B. Jordan Leads The Sinners Cast
The Sinners cast boasts a star-studded, talented ensemble, led by one of Coogler’s most frequent collaborators. Let’s take a look at who is playing these characters, some of whom have been identified by name by Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler in a video for EW.
Michael B. Jordan (Smoke/Stack)
Michael B. Jordan is leading the Sinners cast in the dual roles of twin brothers Smoke and Stack. The film will be the Emmy nominee’s fifth film directed by Ryan Coogler, after 2013’s Fruitvale Station, the instant boxing movie classic Creed from 2015, and two of the best Marvel movies so far, Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Highlights of Jordan’s career also include HBO’s The Wire cast, starring in NBC’s Friday Night Lights cast, and Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy from 2019.
Hailee Steinfeld (Mary)
As Mary, we have fellow Marvel movie star Hailee Steinfeld, who plays Kate Bishop in the MCU and voices Gwen Stacy in two of the best Spider-Man movies, Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse. The actor and singer made a strong industry breakthrough with her Academy Award-nominated performance in the Coen Brothers’ acclaimed Western movie, 2010’s True Grit. She went on to give an acclaimed lead performance in 2016’s The Edge of Seventeen, join the Pitch Perfect franchise and the Transformers movies by leading Bumblebee, and led Apple TV+’s Dickinson in the title role.
Jack O’Connell (Remmick)
Playing the film’s main antagonist, Remmick, is Jack O’Connell, who has starred in his fair share of period pieces, having made his feature debut in 2006’s This Is England, led the 2014 World War II-era drama Unbroken, and appeared in 2019’s Seberg. The latter two are also just a few of the biopics he has starred in, which also include 2023’s Ferrari and the 2024 Amy Winehouse movie, Back to Black. The English actor is also known for 2016’s Money Monster and Netflix’s adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Wunmi Mosaku
Yet another MCU veteran in the Sinners cast is Wunmi Mosaku, who plays B-15 on Disney+’s Loki and in Deadpool & Wolverine. She is also known for one of the best horror TV shows on Max (Lovecraft Country), one of the best horror movies on Netflix (His House), and two of the best episodes of Black Mirror (“Playtest” and “Joan is Awful”). You might also recognize the English actor from HBO’s We Own This City and the animated sci-fi series, Scavengers Reign.
Jayme Lawson
After making her feature debut in 2020’s Farewell Amor, Jayme Lawson made a mainstream breakthrough as Gotham City mayoral candidate Bella Reál in The Batman cast. That same year, she played a younger version of Viola Davis’ Michelle Obama in Showtime’s The First Lady cast, reunited with the Oscar winner for The Woman King, played civil rights activist Myrlie Evers in Till, and appeared in How to Build a Pipeline. Earlier in 2024, Lawson played Malcolm X’s wife, Betty Shabazz, in the fourth season of Genius.
Omar Benson Miller (Cornbread)
Omar Benson Miller, who stars as Cornbread, boasts an eclectic career with highlights that include the music movie favorites 8 Mile and Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and director Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna. You may have also seen him on the small screen opposite Dwayne Johnson in HBO’s Ballers, on CBS’ The Unicorn and True Lies, and on Amazon Prime’s I’m a Virgo.
Delroy Lindo (Delta Slim)
Playing “hometown hero” Delta Slim is Delroy Lindo, who is another Spike Lee movie veteran, having starred in Malcolm X, Clockers, and Da Five Bloods. He also has blockbusters like Congo, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Up on his resume, in addition to TV shows like The Good Fight. Lindo’s casting in Sinners got some unique attention amid early talk of its vampire plot, considering he was previously meant to star in the Blade reboot before dropping out.
Li Jun Li
Li Jun Li is probably best known from the big screen as Lady Fay Zhu in Damien Chazelle’s Babylon. She made her acting debut in a Tony-winning 2008 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and went on to star in TV shows like Fox’s The Exorcist and Netflix’s Wu Assassins.
Miles Caton
Miles Caton is a steadily rising star in the R&B genre. The singer is making his acting debut in Sinners.
Ryan Coogler Writes And Directs Sinners
Sinners will be Ryan Coogler’s first original movie since Fruitvale Station, following Creed (which is a continuation of the Rocky movies) and his two aforementioned Marvel comic book adaptations. In addition to writing and directing the thriller, he also produces with Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler, alongside executive producers Rebecca Cho, Will Greenfield and Academy Award winner Ludwig Göransson, who also composes the score.
Also joining Coogler from behind the camera are more of his collaborators from the Black Panther movies. These artists include director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Academy Award-winning production designer Hannah Beachler, editor Michael P. Shawver, and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter.
Sinners Was Filmed In Louisiana
Autumn Dural Arkapaw used IMAX cameras to shoot Sinners on location in Louisiana. Local news outlet, the Gonzales Weekly Citizen, reported in late September, after the release of the film’s trailer, that it was partially filmed in Donaldson, near New Orleans, under the production name, “Grilled Cheese.”
It would be a sin to miss out on Sinners, so be sure to check back for more details about the film as we wait for the thriller to hit the big screen!
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